**The Official Cricket Thread** (serious)

[Berries1]

LOL!

The umpires miss things like this but give out Rogers to Swann (overturned) so quickly. The DRS has ruined their confidence, it should be like all over sports aka league and union where the official can only check the result.

[CHUNKUK]

http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/ne...ord-s-build-up

build up worth a read brahs

[Doomster23]

Fellow Chelsea fan? Nice.

Yeah the Trott one shouldn't of been given for a number of reasons, the fact it was given not out on the field meant there had to be some good evidence to overturn it, which there wasn't.

Agree on Starc, was surprised they didn't go with Harris or Bird. Personally i'm more fearful of both of them than I am Pattinson and Starc.

As for Broad, yeah he's got that kind of personality. The more controversy and the bigger the moment in the match, the better he plays. There was talk about him being dropped against India a few years ago, he took a hat-trick. England were 102-7, the lights had been on all day and the ball was hooping around, he came in and smashed 167. Broad is a player you don't really want to sledge or make comments about as it fires him up, that's when he's at his best.

Yeah mate, I saw Chelsea play in Tottenham (at the ground, obviously) and their travelling fans instantly turned me into one: they were alpha. Patto is good, he will bowl better at lords, guaranteed; bird will surprise a few English fans. Broad is a pest to non-English fans, how I imagine someone like ponting (clearly in a different dimension as a player, but I digress) would have been for you blokes.

[Bunk247]

Yeah mate, I saw Chelsea play in Tottenham (at the ground, obviously) and their travelling fans instantly turned me into one: they were alpha. Patto is good, he will bowl better at lords, guaranteed; bird will surprise a few English fans. Broad is a pest to non-English fans, how I imagine someone like ponting (clearly in a different dimension as a player, but I digress) would have been for you blokes.

Agreed. i'm lucky enough to go to all Chelsea away games (away season ticket), the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge can be a bit crap, but the ones who travel, we're the best away fans around. Course i'm biased, but when 3,000 of you are throwing celery about, surrounded by 40,000 home fans and still make more noise than them.. no better feeling.

Bird should play tomorrow imo, he seems like a poor man's McGrath to me, he was always great at Lords. Starc seems like the second coming of Mitchell Johnson, only without the occasional brilliance. i remember the first day of the Lords test in 2009 when Johnson was all over the place and Cook and Strauss put on 200ish, we were on pace for 400 in the day at one stage. Australia never got back into that one, they can't afford that from Starc 4 years later.

[Doomster23]

Agreed. i'm lucky enough to go to all Chelsea away games (away season ticket), the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge can be a bit crap, but the ones who travel, we're the best away fans around. Course i'm biased, but when 3,000 of you are throwing celery about, surrounded by 40,000 home fans and still make more noise than them.. no better feeling.

Bird should play tomorrow imo, he seems like a poor man's McGrath to me, he was always great at Lords. Starc seems like the second coming of Mitchell Johnson, only without the occasional brilliance. i remember the first day of the Lords test in 2009 when Johnson was all over the place and Cook and Strauss put on 200ish, we were on pace for 400 in the day at one stage. Australia never got back into that one, they can't afford that from Starc 4 years later.

Some guy got pulled over by a copper after he got off the train for having a pipe and claimed that he was a "plumber", was the funniest thing I have seen in real life.

I know he'll score a hundred after saying this, but Root, despite how much the English media hypes him up, isn't the future messiah of your top order - Strauss was in a different class to him (even though I thought he was a *******).

[Bunk247]

Some guy got pulled over by a copper after he got off the train for having a pipe and claimed that he was a "plumber", was the funniest thing I have seen in real life.

I know he'll score a hundred after saying this, but Root, despite how much the English media hypes him up, isn't the future messiah of your top order - Strauss was in a different class to him (even though I thought he was a *******).

Haha, that sounds about right. Wouldn't be surprised if he gave his name as Mario aswell.

The thing with Root is that he's just a kid. He made his debut as a 21 year old, Strauss was a late developer and made his debut at 27. Agreed that Root probably won't be tearing it up this summer, and probably not in the return series over the winter. The next series in 4 years though? He's going to be right at the top of the game imo.

Bit like Cook, he got a century in one of his first Ashes tests in Perth back in 2006. Root is too good not to get one or two over the 10 games, but he's one for the future. i'd like James Taylor in the middle order over Bairstow personally, they just don't seem to want to give him a chance, probably because of him being a 5'4 manlet, but yeah.

[FiLL]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...718-2q657.html

Starc and Cowan out, Harris and Kawaja in. No real surprises there. Looking forward to the action in the 2nd test!!

[GableGrip]

With Pattinson and Harris in the starting 11, Siddle might be the only Aussie pace bowler left standing by the end of the test.

[sculopasta]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...718-2q657.html

Starc and Cowan out, Harris and Kawaja in. No real surprises there. Looking forward to the action in the 2nd test!!

Hopefully rhino can do some damage with the new ball when we bowl. Also interesting to see if Warner will come straight in for the third test now since they already dropped Cowan

[TheJediBrah]

The only problem with that is that he always gets it to swing. For the opening spell if it isn't swinging he still manages to get movement off the seam, he also gets it reversing very early on.

Steyn has the pace, but Anderson has the skill imo. Whoever you support, watching the control he has over and the way he turns it into an art form makes him good to watch.

Why does Anderson have an average of 30 then?

He would never have even come close to getting in an Australia side of the 1990s-2000s

With Pattinson and Harris in the starting 11, Siddle might be the only Aussie pace bowler left standing by the end of the test.

Not to mention Watson will be gone after 1 spell.

Agar from one end, Siddle from the other. 5/300 each.

[Doomster23]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...718-2q657.html

Starc and Cowan out, Harris and Kawaja in. No real surprises there. Looking forward to the action in the 2nd test!!

I'm a massive fan of Harris, but no Bird? **** just got real. If we really want a line and length, McGrath/ stuey Clark type bowler, then Bird needs to fit in. That said, we are a much stronger side with those changes.

[CHUNKUK]

ok here we go again first things girst here is a stream for you guys who can not get it on T.V

http://www.viplivesports.eu/cricket/...am-online.html

england to bat






Brennan in for Finn


delayed by 15 mins because the queen is visiting

[CHUNKUK]

i'd like James Taylor in the middle order over Bairstow personally, they just don't seem to want to give him a chance, probably because of him being a 5'4 manlet, but yeah.

I work at the school james taylor used to go to ( boarding ), i met him a few weeks ago he is a nice guy srs realy down to earth, he perfroms well for lions i think he needs a proper run in the england squad .



on another note another kid who's dad owns one of the biggest cricket equipment companies in the world went to the same school and has absolutely slaughtered all of James Taylor's league and school records, the coaches reckon he will play for England before he is 20, he is about 14 now i think

[Bunk247]

I work at the school james taylor used to go to ( boarding ), i met him a few weeks ago he is a nice guy srs realy down to earth, he perfroms well for lions i think he needs a proper run in the england squad .

on another note another kid who's dad owns one of the biggest cricket equipment companies in the world went to the same school and has absolutely slaughtered all of James Taylor's league and school records, the coaches reckon he will play for England before he is 20, he is about 14 now i think

Sounds good! Hopefully with Root it's a sign we're going to be getting them in whilst they're still young.

Totally agree about Taylor deserving a good run, Bairstow has had more than enough chances and he isn't cutting it for me.
Remeber Hildreth at Somerset? He scored runs for fun over a 5-7 year period and he never even got a game. Looks to me like Taylor could be going the same way.

[cjlhdevil]

Big difference there is the right decision was made in the end, but he hit the f*cking cover off that lol, what a howler that would of been.

Because aussies wasted all their reviews like idiots. Had they not it would have been simple enough


Come on england! Make it 2-0!

[CHUNKUK]

Sounds good! Hopefully with Root it's a sign we're going to be getting them in whilst they're still young.

Totally agree about Taylor deserving a good run, Bairstow has had more than enough chances and he isn't cutting it for me.
Remeber Hildreth at Somerset? He scored runs for fun over a 5-7 year period and he never even got a game. Looks to me like Taylor could be going the same way.

i think its just that flowers is afraid to tweak his batting order, he always has been imo, but if you score runs consistently and out perform current players then you should be in the England squad

[TheJediBrah]

Great toss to win for England, again. Looks like the toss is going to decide this Ashes series.

[Bunk247]

i think its just that flowers is afraid to tweak his batting order, he always has been imo, but if you score runs consistently and out perform current players then you should be in the England squad

Yeah it seems to of gone from one extreme to the other. Back in the '90's they used to bring in 5 new players from county cricket every game lol.
Players played for their average's because they knew one bad score and they were out. Those days are gone, and it's a good thing, but you do have to find the right balance.

[WIDGE_uk]

this is going to be a big one from cook!

[darkc]

Anyone else think Watson looks a bit porky?

[Doomster23]

this is going to be a big one from cook!

see ya later!

[darkc]

this is going to be a big one from cook!

quoted before you can edit!

[CHUNKUK]

this is going to be a big one from cook!

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[WIDGE_uk]

i told you!!

[G_Train]

WATTO!

Sports!

[WIDGE_uk]

trott is going to get a big one!!

when does the bloke not score runs.

[cjlhdevil]

this is going to be a big one from cook!

Are you that ****ing dumb?


Why on EARTH would an englishman watching sport ever tempt fate?

Jesus

[cjlhdevil]

trott is going to get a big one!!

when does the bloke not score runs.

God dammit shut up! They can hear you posting and will do the exact opposite!

[Bunk247]

see ya later!

Thought we already established Root was getting a century here? lol.

[WIDGE_uk]

Are you that ****ing dumb?


Why on EARTH would an englishman watching sport ever tempt fate?

Jesus

haha that feel when actually playing and always saying ".... is looking good today" to rustle teammates jims